DNR aims to continue streak of fatality-free gun deer seasons

2:20 AM,
Nov. 15, 2012

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As the woods fill with blaze orange this weekend, state officials hope hunters make it three straight years without a fatality during the nine-day gun deer season that opens Saturday.

More than a tenth of the entire state population participates in the annual ritual.

"We've learned through extensive accident investigation data that each incident could have been prevented if all four of the basic rules of safety were followed," said Randy Stark, the DNR's chief warden. "We know that one-third of accidents are self-inflicted, and we also know a third of incidents are due to deer drives where ...